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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>JOSHUA</span>
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CHAPTER 15
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Judah given inheritance in Canaan—Jebusites dwell with Judah at Jerusalem.
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<i><span class='smallcaps'>This</span></i> then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; <i>even</i> to the border of Edom the wilderness of <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 34: 3 (2-8).">Zin</a> southward <i>was</i> the uttermost part of the south coast.
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And their south border was from the shore of the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 3: 16.">salt</a> sea, from the bay that <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/15/2b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR faces.">looketh</a> southward:
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And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/3a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB circled about.">fetched</a> a compass to Karkaa:
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<i>From thence</i> it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/4a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB border (also v. 12, 21).">coast</a> were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
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And the east border <i>was</i> the salt sea, <i>even</i> unto the end of Jordan.  And <i>their</i> border in the north quarter <i>was</i> from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
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And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/6a" mark="a" type="Q" title="HEB thumb rock; apparently a landmark; Josh. 18: 17.">stone</a> of Bohan the son of Reuben:
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And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that <i>is</i> before the going up to Adummim, which <i>is</i> on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
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And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 15: 63; Josh. 18: 28.">Jebusite</a>; the same <i>is</i> Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that <i>lieth</i> before the valley of Hinnom westward, which <i>is</i> at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
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And the border was <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/9a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB inclined.">drawn</a> from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which <i>is</i> Kirjath-jearim:
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And the border <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/10a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE turned about from.">compassed</a> from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which <i>is</i> Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
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And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 34: 6 (6-7).">west</a> border <i>was</i> to <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/15/12b" mark="b" type="E" title="IE the Mediterranean (also v. 47); Josh. 23: 4.">the</a> great sea, and the coast <i>thereof.</i>  This <i>is</i> the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
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&#182; And unto <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 13: 6 (1-16); Deut. 1: 36 (34-36).">Caleb</a> the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> to Joshua, <i>even</i> the city of Arba the father of Anak, which <i>city is</i> Hebron.
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And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before <i>was</i> Kirjath-sepher.
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&#182; And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 32: 12.">Caleb</a>, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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And it came to pass, as she came <i>unto him,</i> that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off <i>her</i> ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
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Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.  And he gave her the upper springs, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/19a" mark="a" type="E" title="OR lower; Judg. 1: 15.">nether</a> springs.
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This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
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And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
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And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
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And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
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Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
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And Hazor, Hadattah, and <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 6: 16.">Kerioth</a>, <i>and</i> Hezron, which <i>is</i> Hazor,
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Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
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And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
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And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
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Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
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And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
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And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
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And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities <i>are</i> twenty and nine, with their villages:
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<i>And</i> in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
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And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
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Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
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Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
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And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
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Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
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And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
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And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
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Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
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And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/44a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 23: 1 (1-2).">Keilah</a>, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
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Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
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From Ekron even unto the sea, all that <i>lay</i> near Ashdod, with their villages:
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Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border <i>thereof:</i>
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&#182; And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
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And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which <i>is</i> Debir,
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And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
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And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
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Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
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And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
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And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which <i>is</i> Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
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Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
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And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
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Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
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Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
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And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
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Kirjath-baal, which <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/60a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 18: 12.">Kirjath</a>-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
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In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
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And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
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&#182; As for the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/15/63a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 15: 8; 1 Chr. 11: 4.">Jebusites</a> the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/15/63b" mark="b" type="A" title="Judg. 1: 21; 2 Sam. 5: 6.">Jebusites</a> dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
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